Star Wars™ Tatooine™ Sunset

Deep in the galaxy's outer rim lies a haven for those who do not wish to be found. The yellow-orange planet of Tatooine is home to scavengers, criminals, moisture farmers, traders, and the passing Star pilot, and its orbit around twin suns keeps its surface dry, desolate, and perilous. From space, this marigold-colored marble moves silently amongst the stars, but on the surface, the deserts of this planet are free from galactic government intervention, leaving them in the dangerous hands of the Hutt Cartel. These slug-like beings are in the business of chaos, which means engaging in peace disrupts their governance. But there is still ease to be found here between rifle blasts and lightsaber fights, after sand storms and Storm Trooper patrols. And it's here, as the twin suns make their way under the horizon line, that we settle in for the evening, starting with a short wind down exercise. Tonight's exercise is a really simple breathing exercise. So when you're ready, let's begin. So first, get yourself comfortable. Now, just bringing the attention to the breath, just noticing where you feel it. In the nose, the throat, the chest, the diaphragm. You're nice and relaxed. We're going to be taking a deep breath in for four, holding it for four, and then breathing out for six. So are you ready? Let's begin. In for four, two, three, four. Hold it for four, two, three, four. Now breathing out for six, two, three, four, five, six. In for four, two, three, four. Holding for four, two, three, four. Out for six, two, three, four, five, six. In for four, two, three, four. Holding for four, two, three, four. Out for six, two, three, four, five, six. In for four, two, three, four. Holding for four, two, three, four. Out for six, two, three, four, five, six. Great. Now returning the breath to normal. Through the Western Dune Sea and into the Jundland Wastes, the Lars moisture farm was one of dozens that made up the Great Chott salt flat community. Before it was burned down by the Galactic Empire, a young Luke Skywalker could be seen looking out longingly over the landscape as the farm powered down for the evening. In the dusk left behind by Tatooine's twin suns, the farm's droids whirred around him as they made their way inside for the night. From surface level, the farm had a small footprint besides a small dome-shaped building where the monitors, motion detectors, and vaporators were the only structures that could be seen by passers-by. Below the surface, however, the Skywalker homestead was a maze of interconnected rooms and intricate technology that kept the sand out of the water and hydroponics farm the family maintained for at least two generations. Built out of a white stone facade, the architecture circled an open dirt courtyard, where at its center, vaporators were built to draw in moisture from the dry air to be stored in a cistern underground. The delicate ecosystem...